CON CVE 4070 Construction Engineering Course Introduction Prof. Ralph V. Locurcio, PE

Course Intro…  About your instructor…  Let’s get to know you…  Course objectives…  Syllabus handout…  Course admin & grading…  Notebook…  Assignment for next class…

Text & References…  Text: Kerzner, Project Management  References: Fisk, Construction Project Administration ASCE, Quality in the Construction Project PMI, Guide to PM Body of Knowledge

My background…  Education… BSE – West Point 1965 MSE, PhD(abt) - Purdue 1972 Strategic Planning, Wharton National Security, Harvard – 1992 Resident Engineer Training – 1974 Contracting Officer Training – 1984, 1988 Registered PE: NJ, PA, GA, VA  Experience… Army Corps of Engineers  3 - Construction Commander  3 - Director of Public Works  2 - Construction Planner & Estimator  2 – Construction Resident Engineer  6 - District Engineer – Philadelphia & Savannah  1 - Commander Kuwait Reconstruction Project  6 - Division Engineer – Pacific, South Atlantic Senior VP STV Engineers – Infrastructure Design Professor of Construction Management

How about you…  Your major…  Personal goals…  Interest in construction…  Experience in construction…  What did you do this summer…

This course…  Skills you need to manage construction  Contracting: risk, legal issues, changes  Project Controls: schedule, cost, estimates  Construction Operations: responsibility, authority, planning, documents, productivity, quality, documentation, safety, closeout  Leadership: teams, organization, motivation, success, ethics

Course Objectives…  Understand project delivery process  Responsibilities of owner’s rep or PM  Responsibilities of contractor’s CM  Construction contracts & issues  Tools of the trade  Decision making & judgment  Leadership

Construction Management History  The master builders… architects?  Corps of Engineers… WWI & WWII  Growth of Project Management  Growth of Quality Management  Construction Management Emerges  BS in Construction at FIT

About Construction…  It’s an extremely complex process…  Many players, many variables, many unknowns  Design is never perfect  Unlike manufacturing process…  Teams are variable; not trained on this project  Production site is crude & unprepared  Very large projects – rarely build more than one  Very large risks – owner’s first and last experience  Money drives all aspects of the process  One chance to get it right  Large penalties for error or contract failure  CM goal is to deliver a perfect product

Hammurabi’s Code  The oldest profession?

Hammurabi’s Code – 1780 B.C If a builder build a house for some one and complete it, he shall give him a fee of two shekels in money for each sar of surface If a builder build a house for some one, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built fall in and kill its owner, then that builder shall be put to death If it kill the son of the owner the son of that builder shall be put to death If it kill a slave of the owner, then he shall pay slave for slave to the owner of the house If it ruin goods, he shall make compensation for all that has been ruined, and inasmuch as he did not construct properly this house which he built and it fell, he shall re-erect the house from his own means If a builder build a house for some one, even though he has not yet completed it; if then the walls seem toppling, the builder must make the walls solid from his own means.

Contracting – 487B.C. Contract for Rent & Repair of a House, One Year Term, Thirty-fifth year of Darius, 487 B.C. This contract is most interesting. Such business methods are not, therefore, altogether modern. In addition to the rent of the house of Shamash-iddin, son of Rimut, fifteen shekels of money in cash (shall go) to Iskhuya, son of Shaqa-Bel, son of the priest of Agish, for this year. Because of the payment he shall repair the weakness (of the house), he shall close up the crack of the wall. He shall pay a part of the money at the beginning, a part of the money at the completion. He shall pay it on the day of Bel, the day of wailing and weeping. In case the house is unfinished by Iskhuya after the first day of Tebet, Shamash-iddin shall receive four shekels of money in cash into his possession at the hands of Iskhuya. The names of three witnesses and a scribe then follow… Dated at Shibtu, the twenty-first of Kislimu, the thirty-fifth year of Darius.

Construction Process  Study the contract  Study the site, labor, materials  Plan the work What teams are needed How will they interact in time Integrate materials & logistics Diagram the flow of work Check the timing from start to finish

Class example  Construct a dog house for FIDO

Doghouse for FIDO  Consider Siting Design & Materials Labor Timing or schedule Utilities Cost Permits

House for FIDO

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Construction Boosts the Economy

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